Pediatric Neurosurgery

Medical Services

The Division of Neurosurgery at Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospital, has the largest pediatric neurosurgery program in the State of Florida and one of the most recognized programs in the United States. The accomplishments of the Division of Neurosurgery are the result of the renowned doctors and treatment teams who guide its activities. The pediatric neurosurgeons are recognized for excellence among their peers based upon their surgical expertise, their many publications in textbooks and peer-reviewed journals, and their lectures both nationally and internationally.

The Division of Neurosurgery offers state of the art surgical management of disorders of the nervous system including:

Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospital, has, perhaps, the largest national experience in surgically treating young children with intractable epilepsy. Treatments include hemispherectomy and focal cortical resection, which is often aided by extraoperative monitoring with subdural electrodes to accurately define the epileptogenic area, as well as allow for functional cortical mapping.

The Division of Neurosurgery at Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospital, is also one of the busiest referral centers in the country for pediatric brain tumors based upon the expertise of our pediatric neurosurgeons using minimally invasive endoscopic techniques, frameless stereotactic guidance, and intraoperative mapping to preserve normal brain function.

Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospital, also boasts widely recognized pediatric neurosurgery programs for craniosynostosis/craniofacial syndromes and spasticity. The most complex cases of hydrocephalus are sent to Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospital, for treatment based upon our neurosurgeons’ expertise in minimally invasive techniques such as endoscopic third ventriculostomy and endoscopic cyst fenestration.

In addition to their clinical expertise in pediatric neurosurgery, the Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospital, Division of Neurosurgery is pushing forward the frontiers of pediatric neurosurgery through its active research programs to improve care for children with neurological disorders. Active clinical and translational research projects are ongoing to develop novel treatment approaches for pediatric brain tumors and head trauma and new surgical approaches for the treatment of epilepsy.

The expertise and success of our pediatric neurosurgeons, comprising of Doctors John Ragheb, Sanjiv Bhatia and Toba Niazi along with the NCH Brain Institute program ensure that Nicklaus Children's Hospital, formerly Miami Children's Hospital, will remain at the forefront of pediatric neurosurgery -- not only in South Florida, but also around the world.